Electron paramagnetic resonance proof for the existence of molecular hydrino

Journal Article (2022)
Author(s)

Wilfred Hagen (TU Delft - BT/Biocatalysis)

Randell L. Mills (Brilliant Light Power Inc.)

Research Group
BT/Biocatalysis
Copyright
© 2022 W.R. Hagen, Randell L. Mills
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.05.156
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Publication Year
2022
Language
English
Copyright
© 2022 W.R. Hagen, Randell L. Mills
Research Group
BT/Biocatalysis
Issue number
56
Volume number
47
Pages (from-to)
23751-23761
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Abstract

Quantum mechanics postulates that the hydrogen atom has a stable ground state from which it can be promoted to excited states by capture of electromagnetic radiation, with the energy of all possible states given by En = −13.598/n2 eV, in which n ≥ 1 is a positive integer. It has been previously proposed that the n = 1 state is not the true ground state, and that so-called hydrino states of lower energy can exist, which are characterized by fractional quantum numbers n = 1/p, in which 1 < p ≤ 137 is a limited integer. Electron transition to a hydrino state, H(1/p) is non-radiative and requires a quantized amount of energy, 2mE1 (m is an integer), to be transferred to a catalyst. Numerous putative hydrino-forming reactions have been previously explored and the products have been characterized by a range of analytical methods. Molecular hydrino has been predicted to be paramagnetic. Here, we give an account of an electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) study of molecular hydrino H2(1/4) that was produced as gaseous inclusion in polymeric Ga(O)OH by a plasma reaction of atomic hydrogen with non-hydrogen bonded water as the catalyst. A sharp, complex, multi-line EPR spectrum is found, whose detailed properties prove to be consistent with predictions from hydrino theory. Molecular hydrino was also identified in gas chromatography as a compound faster than molecular hydrogen.